Sword-hilt pistol



F. STULLER.

SWORD HILT PISTOL.

APPLICATION FILED OCT-11,1920.

1,384,644. Patehted July 12,1921.

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SWORD HILT PISTOL.

APPLICATION FILED ON. 11. 1920.

Patented July 12, 1921.

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Be 1t known that I, FRANK STULLER, a

citizen of Jugo-Slavia, residing at Rives-- ville, in the county ofMarion and State of West Virginia, have invented new and usefulImprovements in Sword-Hilt'Pistols, of which the following is aspecification.

This invention has reference to weapons in which a sword and pistol arecombined.

The primary object is to provide an automatic pistol with a shieldbetween the barrel and grip thereof and with a socket whereby to receivethe blade of a sword, means being provided for securing said blade inthe socket, the particular and peculiar construction of the guardpermitting the sword to be wielded and the pistol to be fired asoccasion requires. I

A'further object is the production of an article of this character whichshall be light in weight, simple in construction, and inexpensive tomanufacture.

The foregoing, and other objects which will appear as the nature of theinvention is better understood, may be accomplished by a construction,combination and operative arrangement of parts, such as is illustratedby the drawings which accompany and which form part of this application.

In the drawings Figure 1 is a side elevation illustrating an automaticpistol constructed in accord ance with this invention and having a swordblade attached thereto.

Fig. 2 is a similar view but lookingtoward the opposite side oftheweapon.

Fig. 3 is an end view. I Fig. 4: is a longitudinal sectional viewthrough the socket which is integrally formed on the pistol, andillustrating the spring actuated means for holding the sword bladetherein, parts of the latter being in section.

Fig. 5 is a sectional view approximately on the line 55 of Fig. 4E.

The pistol 1 illustrated by the drawings may be of any well knownautomatic construction, and as the interior arrangement thereof, as wellas the mechanism for exploding a cartridge and ejectmgthe same .for suchexplosion as well as the means for feeding the cartridges from themecha-' nism into the barrel, do not form the-sub-.

ject matter of this invention, a detail'description thereof will notbeattempted.

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Specification of Letters 1 I ra13 .ate1- Jul 12'," 1921.. Applicationfiled October 11,1920. se a1m41 9e v o F I V 'On-"the grip or handlepistol 1,

-atthe outer or lower corner thereof there is 4:. The straight arm 5 ofthe guard is integrally formed with the extension 6 for the guard 7 forthe trigger 8. The guard prov des a means whereby the pistol cannot beaccidentally removedfrom the hand of the user. e i t 'On one side of thebarrel of the pistolv .there is formed an outwardly extending angularlyarranged" socket 9. The socket has its side walls provided with openings10 through which are passed lugs 11 formed adjacent the outer ends offlat springs 12. The

l3-to-the sides of the. socket, and the outeror free ends of the springsare rounded upon themselves to provide finger grips 14; The blade of asword is-indicatedby the numeral 15. The blade has its inner edgeflattened in the usual manner andis of a formedthe rounded portion 3' ofthe guard 7 inner ends of these springs are secured, asat size to besnugly received in and contact with the walls of the socket. The bladeis provided with notches 16 which, when the blade is 'fullyinsertedin-the socket areiin alinement with the openings that receivethe I lugs 11, and the springs "12 will automati cally force the lugsinto engagement with thesaid notches, thereby effectively, holding theblade on the pistol.

noted that the socket being arranged at one. side of the pistol does notinterfere with the sighting of the weapon. v The guard, as previouslystated prevents the accidental removal of the weaponfrom the hand of thesoldier, so" that the blade can be effectively By reference to thedrawings," it will be I grip and barrel thereof, a socket on one side vof the pistol projecting beyond thebarrel and designed to receivetherein the blade of tween the outer and lower corner of its grip andits barrel, an outwardly projecting up wardly disposed angularlyarranged socket upon the barrel of the pistol, spring influenced lugsentering the sides of the socket,

10 and the springs for said lugs having their the end of a sword bladewhich is formed with notches to b'eengaged by'the spring pressed lugs.

1 I In testimony whereof I affix my signature.

FRANK STULLER. Witnesses: r

A. RnrrMA W. G. MORGAN.

